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Emergency department closures in Oromocto, Sussex and Sackville, N.B., on Friday and over the weekend have some worried about the future of their ER’s.

A Riverview, N.B., woman has written her MLA and Health Minister Dorothy Shephard in hopes of having her voice heard over wait times to see specialists.

Charlotte McGee and her family have accumulated more than $30,000 in medical bills while waiting for their New Brunswick Medicare cards.

FREDERICTON — Calls are increasing across the Maritimes for governments to tackle labour shorta...

Calls are increasing across the Maritimes for governments to tackle labour shortages in the health-care sector, as hospitals are being forced to close emergency rooms now that weary staff are taking summer vacations to recover from pandemic-related stress.

Longer than usual wait times are being felt at emergency departments across the Maritimes this long weekend.

Its becoming all too routine in New Brunswick, emergency room closures were announced again over the holiday weekend.

Implementing the province’s new health plan will come with an overhaul of how we think of family doctors, according to the health council.

The emergency department at Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton is facing a shortage of physician coverage this weekend.

In what has become a familiar refrain, the New Brunswick Medical Society says staffing issues are making it even harder to keep the province’s health-care system running smoothly.